The 22-year-old gymnast led Team USA to their fifth consecutive world championship. She is now just three medals away from becoming the all-time world leader.
Li Li Leung, a former gymnastics competitor, will now head an organization in turmoil, as USA Gymnastics seeks to recover from its widespread sex abuse scandal.
USAG says the filing will help resolve claims against it by athletes who allege abuse by former team doctor Larry Nassar. But bankruptcy may disrupt the pending legal actions against the organization.
Lou Anna Simon was charged with two felony and two misdemeanor counts on Tuesday for allegedly lying to police about how the school handled previous sexual misconduct allegations against the doctor.
The U.S. Olympic Committee has taken steps to revoke the group's status as the governing body after the sexual abuse of gymnasts was revealed last year, and three CEOs have resigned.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Olympic gymnast and her sister, who also competed on the national team, claim in lawsuits that USA Gymnastics enabled and failed to prevent sexual abuse by the team's former doctor, Larry Nassar.
Steve Penny was arrested in Tennessee on a warrant from Texas alleging that he destroyed or hid documents related to Larry Nassar's conduct. Penny's is the first arrest of an alleged Nassar enabler.
"My withdrawal comes in the wake of personal attacks that, left undefended, would have made my leading USAG a liability for the organization," Mary Bono said in her resignation letter on Tuesday.
Debbie Van Horn is charged with the sexual assault of a child. She worked with disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar at the Karolyi Ranch gymnastics facility just outside of Huntsville, Texas.
Perry has been under scrutiny from the U.S. Olympic Committee as USA Gymnastics attempts to navigate a path forward following a sexual abuse scandal by former team doctor Larry Nassar.
Steve Penny has denied that he or USAG attempted to cover up allegations of abuse by Larry Nassar. But emails indicate he and other top officials intentionally delayed contacting the FBI.
Executives from the U.S. Olympic Committee and the governing bodies of swimming, taekwondo and volleyball also testified about changes their organizations are making to protect athletes from abuse.
Michigan State University, which failed to adequately monitor USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, on Wednesday settled a lawsuit by 300 gymnasts, including Jeanette Antolin, for $500 million.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, claiming the Olympic medalist lost millions of dollars in earnings. Raisman says her priority is pushing for change to protect other athletes.
The former team doctor has already been sentenced in child porn and sexual assault cases. This week's hearing, in another Michigan county, focuses on different assault charges.
USA Gymnastics said it "completely embraces the requirements" set by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Sexual abuser and former team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison this week.
"I just signed your death warrant," said Judge Rosemarie Aquilina on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday evening Michigan State University confirmed its president is resigning over the scandal.
The resignations come during the sentencing hearing for Larry Nassar, who has admitted to sexually abusing women and girls as a doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, who is competing in the 2020 Tokyo games, said on Monday it would break her heart to return to the training facility where she says she was abused.
Women began speaking in court on Tuesday about the devastating impact of abuse at the hands of sports doctor and admitted sexual assaulter Larry Nassar. The list of accusers is growing longer.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the Olympian says a deal she signed with the group last year insisted on her silence — even after claims of sexual assault had already surfaced against Larry Nassar.
Authorities say Larry Nassar had some 37,000 pornographic images. In separate trials, he has already pleaded guilty to molesting several gymnasts. More than 100 women and girls are suing him.
Larry Nassar, the former team doctor for USA Gymnastics, has admitted molesting seven girls. Well over 100 women and girls have accused him of sexual assault.
Raisman says ex-team doctor Larry Nassar first treated her at 15 and asks, "What did USA Gymnastics do, and Larry Nassar do, to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up?"
The gold medalist says Dr. Larry Nassar claimed he was giving her "medically necessary treatment." She says the abuse began on a team trip when she was 13 years old.
